Two window washers are reportedly stuck on scaffolding on the 50th floor of One World Trade Center–and that’s a pretty horrible situation. Yes, we know that the actual window washers will have their own safety harnesses, so they should still be secured if this dangling scaffolding breaks away and plummets to the ground. We’d still rather not see that happen.
Anyway, here’s a live feed from CBS News in NYC. Click play, sit through a commercial, and follow the rescue in progress
UPDATE 1) The window washers have been pulled in through some windows that were popped out–now you can watch the news analysis. Also, who’ll bring in that damn scaffolding?
UPDATE 2) The live stream is officially closed, but here’s the rest of the story from CBS News….
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Live Video: Window Washers Trapped on One World Trade Center Scaffolding
